You know, before I sent our old gospel field tapes to whb, I was really pretty damn sick of hearing them. I spent hours going through them to see what I thought was worth asking him to clean up. Soon, all I could hear were mistakes we hope we learned from, long ago.

But I got a sample of his work in today's mail, and you know, I can't hear the mistakes anymore. And yet we do still sound like us-- but all I can hear is clean sound, people loving music, and a good time. I dunno where the sh*te went-- I hope it doesn't pile up around his place! :~) (Organize a sh*te-removal workbee Mudcat gathering!)

No, really, he's doing fine work, and we're so lucky he wants to do it. I know a lot of people who say they have the tools to clean up old sound. But wilbyhillbilly has the EAR and the HEART and the objectivity to do what we might otherwise try to do for ourselves. Like a good copy editor makes a good writer look REALLY good, whb lifts us up.

As a singer, in fact I think it's fair to say he gave me a vocal facelift. I sound much younger and much more, um, bright! :~) And I feel like singing again!

~Susan